PHONEBOOK is a directory of independent and noncommercial art spaces, programming and projects throughout the United States and a collections of critical essays and practical information by the people who run them. PHONEBOOK 4 includes listings of hundreds of artist-run spaces, event series, unconventional residencies, alternative schools, and community resources; all the projects that form and support art ecologies across the nation, as well as critical reflections of their activities. The book acts as an archive of artist-run activity as well as a guidebook to communities across the nation, and is an essential resource for artists, organizers, art historians, and art audiences today. PHONEBOOK has been published by Threewalls since 2006.
In the fall of 2015, Threewalls partnered with Common Field to publish the essay content in PHONEBOOK 4 by practitioners in the field included in the publication. The essays cover a range of subject matter integral to artist-run culture, including compensation, equity, alternative space history, and the ethos of staying small and independent.
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